Ironing-table



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- E. W. NOTHSTINB.

IRONING TABLE.

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ELIAS IV. NOTHSTINE, OF DUNDEE, MISSOURI.

IRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,191, dated July 1,1890.

Application filed March 26 1890.

-To all whom t may concern:

h Beit known that I, ELIAS W.NoTrrsT1NE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dundee, in the county of Franklin and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

t The invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironingboard which Will be securely braced and will present a firm surface and which can be readily raised to its operative position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-table, illustrating the part-s in operative position. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section al view show- 1ng the parts folded. Fig. 3' is a side eleva tion, the parts being in the position illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the board. t Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an 1roningboard, which is of the usual shape and is provided at its rear end with a T- shaped block 2, that is secured to the lower face of the board and has hinged to its arms 8 legs 4, that are connected by crosspieces 5, that are mortised in the legs. Hinged to the front of the block 2 is an inclined brace 6, that is provided near its upper hinged end With a perforation or opening 7, through which passes a strap 8, that has one end secured to the upper cross-piece of the legs and the other end fastened to a prop 9, that is hinged to the inclined brace 6 at a point about intermediate the ends thereof, and is adapted to be automatically raised and brought into engagement with a notch 10 in the lower face of the ironing-board l when the legs and the inclined brace are separated as the parts are being changed from their folded position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, and brought into operative position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. As the legs and brace are separated the cord pulls upon the Serial No. 345,401. (No model.)

prop 9 and raises it from its position along the inclined brace, and the free end of the prop 9 is beveled and engages the notch l0 and securely braces and supports the board. The strap 8, besides automatically raising the prop 9, braces the parts of the table and prevents them spreading too far and becoming injured when subjected to a strain. The outer end of the board l is supported and rendered solid by a hinged arm 11, that engages a notch 12 similarly to the hinged prop 9, and this arm is especially desirable when shirts and similar garments are ironed and a firm and solid support is necessary at the free end of the board.

The ironing-board has hinged toits rear end a rack 13, that consists of parallel side bars 14 and cross-bars 15, and is adapted to hold various articles.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

1. In an ironingtable, the combination of the board, the legs hinged to the board, the inclined brace having one end hinged and provided with a hinged prop, and the strap having one end secured to the legs and the other end fastened to the prop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in an ironing-table, of the board provided in its lower face with a notch 10, the legs hinged to the rear end of the board, the inclined brace having one end hinged and provided with an opening '7, the prop hinged to the inclined brace and arranged to engage the notch 10, and the strap passing through the opening of the brace and having one end secured to the leg and the other end connected to the prop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In an ironing-table, the combination of the board 1, provided with the notches 10 and 12 in its lower face and having the block 2 secured to its rear end, the legs 4, secured to the arms 3 of the block, the inclined brace having one end hinged to the front of theblock and provided with an opening 7, the prop hinged to the inclined brace at a point IOO intermediate of the' ends thereof and being In testimony that I claim the foregoing as arranged to engage the notoh l0, the strap my own I have hereto aixed my signature passing through the opening 7 and having in presence of two Wltnesses.

one end secured to the legs and the otherto ELIAS XV. NOTHSTINE. the prop, and the arm 1]., hinged near the Ttnessesr lower end of the brace and arranged to en- JOHN S. NOTHSTINE,

gage the notch l2, substantially as described. NV. A. JONES. 

